Passion Power and Dinosaurs
Chapter 9: Kidnapping and Revelations
Elsa let loose with a savage battle cry as she charged straight at Tommy, her sword was drawn and mercy was not on her mind. But Tommy was not the kind of person to take a beating sitting down, his Brachiostaff was drawn, and he was more than ready to use it. Quickly ducking to dodge a sword swipe to the head Tommy somersaulted into the air before landing a direct hit on her shoulder with his weapon. The other rangers were busy dealing with a horde of Tyranodrones and a strange monster which looked like a cross between a bikini and a Venus flytrap, which Ethan dubbed quite simply "Venus"
Venus turned out to be a lot of trouble especially after she had found her way into the Reefside power plant and absorbed all of the electricity there causing her to become much more powerful. The others were having massive troubles against her.
'Why can't we have stupid monsters to fight? Like a giant mantis that likes to race on motorcycles or a monster that does nothing, but steal beauty?' wondered Kira as she dodged an attack before striking Venus in the stomach with her Pteragrips.
Trent also joined in with his Dragosword, skillfully dodging a clawed swipe from the monster; Trent was able to slice off the monster's left arm. Only to have it somehow regenerate it's missing limb, except this time instead of it being an arm, it was more like a group of Venus Flytraps on a limb. Trent didn't have time to react as he was smacked by the newly formed arm, he went flying.
"Great, a monster that can regenerate, what's next? A giant robot that can regenerate!" muttered Ethan as he switched his Thundermax saber from saber mode to blaster mode. "Let's see how it handles laser blasts?"
Ethan blasted the monster with his laser, problem was it didn't really seem to do any damage as, it countered with it's own energy blast, that was more effective. Conner immediately helped Ethan up before he pulled out his TyranoStaff. "Dino Energy Orb!"
Conner used his staff to draw an orb in midair before stabbing the head of his staff into the orb, launching it right into the monster; although it wasn't destroyed it was sent flying several feet back.
Meanwhile Tommy was having some trouble with Elsa as she viscously attacked him with her sword, she had gotten better. "You've been practicing." Said Tommy, as he dodged a sword swipe before kicking her away, he quickly used his Brachiostaff to draw an orb in midair. "Dino Energy Orb!"
The attack was strong enough to send Elsa flying; she quickly got up before sheathing her sword. "I'll get you someday!" she snarled before she quickly leaped into an invisaportal.
"Z-REX BLASTER!" shouted the three original Dino Rangers, after they had combined their individual weapons. "FIRE!"
"Drago Energy Arrows!" shouted Trent, as he drew several arrows with his Dragosword before launching them at Venus.
Even the combined energy attacks weren't enough to put down the massive plant monster, as she countered by growing even larger and extending her left arm at the rangers before devouring the four rangers with one of the massive Venus Flytraps on her arm. Venus almost instantly regretted the decision when massive flames suddenly burned her huge arm open. Out popped the Rangers in their Super Dino Modes, all except for Conner, he had not only gone Triassic, but he had also brought the Battlizer into play.
"So, you're hurt by fire, huh?" said Conner, "Let's see how you handle this, Triassic Shield and Sword!" Conner's hands were instantly ignited before the flames shaped themselves into a sword and shield which looked like the head and tail of a Styracosaurus. "Dragon Yo-Yo!" Conner quickly combined his shield and sword together to form a mace of sorts, before igniting it and blasting the monster with the burning weapon.
Venus screamed in pain as the flames hit her, massive chunks of her body began to peel off; her regeneration ability had been destroyed by the flames, now there was no way she could win. The other rangers also joined in, as Kira took Venus for a ride in the air before dropping her, Trent launched even more energy arrows at her, while Ethan blasted the monster with his laser. After a while Conner finally decided to end the battle, he quickly activated his shoulder cannons, before leaping into the air.
"Triassic Mega Cannons! Battle Blast!" shouted Conner as he launched two parallel beams of crimson energy at Venus destroying her in the process.
The rangers all demorphed, before they realized that they were late….late for school.
School had always been a massive bore for Ethan; he had already been accepted to a prestigious university, so why bother trying so hard? Perhaps the only period that Ethan had actually enjoyed was lunch, a time where he could relax, use his laptop or play one of his childish card games, which was exactly what he was doing at the moment. Playing a card game called "Dragon Wars" with Devin.
"I can't believe you guys actually like that childish game." Said Cassidy in disgust, as she studied her notes, after all their science midterm was in just a few weeks, and she had to be prepared.
"For once, I agree with her." agreed Kira as she also watched them play.
"Hey! Hey! The box said 'For All Ages' so lay off!" snapped Ethan "Now where were we?"
"Well, my Org legions were about to wipe out your Valkryies." Replied Devin arrogantly as he placed another card onto the playing field.
"Not if I call my archers to take out your Orgs." Countered Ethan
"HAH! Too bad for you my orgs are wearing enchanted armor, your arrows are useless!" said Devin arrogantly as he tossed another card into the pile.
"Sigh, well you've given me no choice." sighed Ethan as he pulled out another card. "I play my Ruby Dragon."
"No way!" gasped Devin.
"Uh, what's a ruby dragon?" asked Kira.
"Only the strongest of the strong, nothing can beat this card." Answered Ethan gleefully as Devin began backing away in horror, not from the card, but from something else, something far worse. Something so horrible that it could only be described by the narrator of the story, which would be me.
"Really now?" asked Principal Randall who was standing right behind Ethan. Things were not looking good. "Can it beat your school principal?"
Ethan reluctantly turned around to face her before; he gave her a nervous smile. "Uh probably not."
Principal Randall gave the students a smirk before her hands went to both stacks of cards, "Since, your ruby dragon can't beat me, I'll be confiscating these." Ethan groaned.
Tommy casually continued to write notes for his class on the white board, as his class hurriedly copied it. Mesogog's activities were pretty docile as of late, well they were considered docile when compared to the rest of Mesogog's schemes, especially the previous few. 'Well, at least he hasn't tried to reverse time, so everyone would be kids.' Thought Tommy, before turning to face his class. "Ok, so we've got Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus, can somebody name a few more herbivores from that era? How about Ethan?"
Ethan, after losing his Ruby Dragon card wasn't in the mood to answer questions, groaned miserably.
"Hey, Ethan you ok?" asked Tommy obviously concerned, Ethan groaned even louder. "Ok, what's going on here?"
"Principal Randall confiscated his 'Dragon Wars' cards." Answered Devin.
"Dragon Wars? Isn't that a kids game?" said Tommy surprised, while the entire class burst out laughing, well almost the entire class, Ethan's friends were silent as was Devin.
"It's a complicated game of conquest, strategy and elves!" corrected Ethan, the laughter grew even louder.
"Well as much as I'd hate to side with Principal Randall, I'm going to have to. You guys should know better than to play cards during school." Replied Tommy, after the class had calmed down. "But seeing that this is going to be affecting your studies with a midterm around the corner, I'll talk to Principal Randall IF you pay attention for the rest of class."
Principal Randall was a feared woman, students and teachers alike tried their best to avoid her no matter what the costs. Her punishments most certainly didn't fit the time, and if someone was actually brave enough to say that she was a dictator, they would probably find themselves at the receiving end of a viscous punishment. As she casually walked into her office, she let out a sinister smile.
"Well, this ruby dragon card is going to make one fine monster." She said as she began to change, her hair got longer, as her entire appearance was altered. Where there once stood Principal Randall, there was now Elsa. Unknown to the villainess, one of her employees, Dr. Tommy Oliver had witnessed the entire scene.
"Well, I wasn't expecting to see that." Commented Tommy casually at the doorway, Elsa tuned around in shock, before she attacked. Quickly focusing energy into her fist Elsa quickly executed a powerful punch which sent Tommy flying out of the room.
"It's such a shame Tommy, we could have had something you know." Sneered Elsa, as she transformed back into her Principal Randall guise.
"Dream on, I'm in love with somebody else." Snarled Tommy as he got back up and charged into battle.
Conner and Krista casually walked through the halls hand in hand, it was times like these he cherished the most, since he was a ranger and all. The two noticed a massive crowd outside, and out of curiosity the couple joined the crowd.
"Wow, Dr. O must really want to get Ethan's card back." Commented Kira, as Conner and Krista walked up next to her. Tommy was busy at the moment as he battled Elsa, the two exchanged several blows, before realizing that they were evenly matched.
"You fight well for a science teacher." Sneered Elsa.
"You're not so bad, considering you're a principal." Replied Tommy.
"Former Principal, tell the school board I quit!" shouted Elsa, as she ran over to Krista and snatched her away from Conner before leaping into an invisaportal.
"Oh crap." Muttered Tommy.
The entire gang, Hayley included, had immediately regrouped at Dino-ops, and was busying forming a plan of action. "Plan! There's no need to plan, find a freakin invisaportal, and we'll do the rest!" shouted Conner angrily.
"That's the problem." Replied Ethan as he continued searching. "There are only a few working invisaportals right now, and even worst, most of them have firewalls guarding them, I don't even think we can break through them even with the Raptor Cycles. Wait a minute... I've got something, there's an unattended invisaportal located in the woods at the edge of town!"
The group quickly rushed over to the woods, but since the distance was so great it took the team a while to get to their location. When they finally did arrive, they found the place swarming with Tyranodrones and a monster which looked exactly like the Ruby Dragon. "I guess that explains what Elsa did to my card." Muttered Ethan.
Trent drew his sword as he stepped forward getting ready to battle the Ruby Dragon monster. The monster was truly a sight to behold, standing at nearly ten feet tall, it was adorned with massive spikes which were located on it's arms and shoulders, around it's neck was a flower of sorts. Despite the monster's massive size, it was also fast, the fact was confirmed by Trent when the monster slashed Trent with one of it's massive talons. Trent was sent flying.
"White Ranger, how long do you plan on playing this game with your teammates? Do you ever plan on telling them your secret?" sneered the monster, as the other rangers battled the Tyranodrones.
'Secret?' wondered Kira as she switched into her Super Dino Mode, the Tyranodrones didn't
"Shut up!" shouted Trent as he struggled to get up despite the brutal attack he had just suffered. The Ruby Dragon continued it's advance until it was blasted by lasers shot out by Conner.
Conner quickly switched his Thundermax Laser into it's saber mode before charging into battle, he started his assault by executing a diagonal slash across the monster's chest and followed up with a kick to the monster's gut. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." Grunted Trent as he got up. "Get into the portal, I'll take care of this freak! Super Dino Mode!"
Conner nodded before he quickly jumped into the invisiportal, once inside the portal the red ranger quickly created a barrier of Dino Energy to prevent his body from being ripped apart by the violent passage. 'Krista, I'm coming to save you…'
Meanwhile…
Krista was terrified, here she was in some island fortress being examined by some strange humanoid lizard-like creature, why had he decided to kidnap her of all people? Krista vaguely remembered Conner talking about him, it's name was Mesogog. The creature paced back and forth, it's yellow eyes never stopped glaring at her. Krista cringed in fear. Standing next to him was Principal Randall, or Elsa, whatever her name was, the monster suddenly stopped pacing, his claw-like hands grabbed Elsa's neck choking her.
"Elsa, you have brought me a useless hostage. I'm very disappointed." Said the monster.
"Master, the girl I have been observing her, look at her locket." Choked Elsa, as her hands desperately tried to loosen his grip.
The monster casually dropped Elsa, as he turned to observe her. His eyes widened in delight after he realized that she had a small shard of a Dino Gem. "Your necklace, give it to me…" snarled Mesogog as he bared his many rows of teeth and fangs. His claws went to the door of her prison before ripping the door effortlessly. The monster began to advance. "Give it to me now!"
"NO!" screamed Krista in fright, as Mesogog pounced at her only to be repelled.
"What?" cried Elsa in shock. "It can't be!"
"What just happened here Elsa?" snarled Mesogog in rage.
"The shard of the Dino Gem has chosen her as it's master." Replied Elsa, as Krista's barrier dissipated, before the poor girl fainted in exhaustion. Elsa smirked. "Unfortunately it seems that her powers haven't fully manifested yet."
"Take her to the Genorandomizer. She'll make a wonderful monster." Said Mesogog before he walked away. Elsa dragged the unconscious Krista towards the genorandomizer.
Conner felt it, a cry for help, it didn't come in the form of words, but he felt it, and it sent shivers down his spine. 'Krista, hold on!'
Every single Tyranodrone had been defeated, and now the Ruby Dragon stood alone surrounded by four Dino Rangers. "Heh, you guys don't scare me at all." The monster quickly blasted Tommy, before viscously attacking Kira. Trent and Ethan quickly double-teamed the monster; Trent tackled the monster into a nearby tree before leaping out of the way, so Ethan could blast it with his laser. Recovering quickly from the brutal assault, Kira quickly joined into the battle armed with her Pteragrips. Focusing, some Dino Energy into her daggers, Kira attacked.
"Ptera Wing Slasher!" cried Kira as she delivered a devastating set of blows at the monster followed with a kick to the gut of the massive beast. Despite his wounds, the monster refused to surrender as it rose again, this time only to have its face meet Trent's blade. Screaming in pain the monster toppled over in agony.
"So, Trent, going to destroy me before I can tell them your secret?" Sneered the Ruby Dragon, Trent didn't bother to reply; instead he simply cut down the monster silencing it once and for all.
"Trent, what's that monster talking about?" asked Kira.
"It's nothing." Replied Trent coldly before he demorphed and walked away, leaving his teammates very confused, and very angry. 'That was too close…'
A/N: First and foremost, I'd like to apologize for taking so long to apologize, I'm slowing building up to the climax of the story, what happens next? You'll have to wait and find out. Please review, it's motivation and it's nice to know that others are reading my story.